Understanding the rapid spread of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Andhra Pradesh: Exploring the building of support networks and media representation

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-44

  Basu, Soutrik ^a   Leeuwis, Cees ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Diffusion; India; Innovation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DIFFUSION; INNOVATION; RICE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84862150937     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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